5 Tips For Catching Errors in Your Writing

Imagine receiving boxes of books from thesparkling prose. When you read your manuscript
printer or publisher only to discover a glaring typo.backwards, your book becomes just a collection
After countless hours of editing, revising, andof words, and those mistakes literally jump off
proofing, how did it get by?the page.
No matter what editing procedures you4 - Read your manuscript out loud.
undertake, mistakes can happen. So how do youWhen you are forced to say the words out loud,
prevent errors before they wind up in your book?your brain is forced to slow down and
Read on...concentrate on the material. Bonus - you may
1 - Employ an editing service.discover stumbling blocks like awkward sentence
The most common mistakes are minor, forstructures and choppy dialogue.
example incorrect word use (their, they're, there)5 - Use the right kind of publisher.
and simple misspellings.What do you do when that 5,000 print run costs
2 - Get a second (and third) set of eyes.$10,000 and features a grave error that cannot
Even if you don't wish to pay a professional,be dismissed? Your best recourse upon
anyone who reviews your document will finddiscovering an error is typically a sticker and a
mistakes you invariably miss. It is a function ofsense of humor. But an on-demand publisher that
the brain called "cerbrainiumitis." Okay, okay, thatallows you to revise your book after publication
term is made-up -- but the truth is, you're much(for a reasonable fee) means you are never
more familiar with your manuscript than anyonestuck with your blunders.by Brent Sampson
else, and as a result, apt to miss obviousBrent Sampson is the President & CEO of
mistakes simply because your eyes glaze overOutskirts Press at where the future of publishing
them.is here, today. He is the award-winning author of
3 - Read your manuscript backwards."Publishing Gems: Insider Information for the
Reading material backwards is the antidote toSelf-Publishing Writer" and "Self-Publishing
"cerbrainiumitis" because a critical view of theSimplified" which is available on Amazon for an
English language cannot be corrupted by theunbelievably low $5.
flowing exposition you have massaged into